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Object Number 14-12-50/85480
Display Title Lyre, "rebabah"
Descriptions
Object Description Lyre, "rebabah"
Inventory Description Stringed instrument head, wood bowl covered with perforated skin, cracked
Classification
  • String
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hamag?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan
Dimensions Overall: 9.2 x 30 x 31 cm (3 5/8 x 11 13/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 85480

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